ChrisE
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Wadya mean forgiven? We threw it, along with Highcliffe and Christchurch out for not keeping up to the standards expected on the goodfolk of Hants. You can keep them.....
Shipping Forecasts again
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Twister_Ken
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Poles apart? Like Krakow and Gdansk?
Robin
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Nah, farther than that, we've got Poles next door.
snooks
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The problem with the shipping forecast as issued by the Met office, is that the Met office have a limited time to cover the whole of the British isles (4-5 mins) and the whole forecast has to be around 300 words IIRC. YM did a feature on how it was compiled last year.
I'd prefer a system like they have on the west coast Canada (and as I've just found out bits of the US) where certain VHF channels play a recorded weather forecast 24/7 and is updated at regular intervals. A national forecast, then a regional one, navigation warnings and other channels for other areas, then off they go again and again
Sods law dictated that a reef needs to go in 15 mins before the next forecast, summut goes wrong and you're up on deck when matie is reading out the weather.
I'd prefer a system like they have on the west coast Canada (and as I've just found out bits of the US) where certain VHF channels play a recorded weather forecast 24/7 and is updated at regular intervals. A national forecast, then a regional one, navigation warnings and other channels for other areas, then off they go again and again
Sods law dictated that a reef needs to go in 15 mins before the next forecast, summut goes wrong and you're up on deck when matie is reading out the weather.
Robin
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Sods law dictated that a reef needs to go in 15 mins before the next forecast, summut goes wrong and you're up on deck when matie is reading out the weather.
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Or the Coastguard forecast doesn't go out on time because they are dealing with an incident and then when it does you are busy with something else.
Sods law dictated that a reef needs to go in 15 mins before the next forecast, summut goes wrong and you're up on deck when matie is reading out the weather.
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Or the Coastguard forecast doesn't go out on time because they are dealing with an incident and then when it does you are busy with something else.
snooks
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Sods law dictated that a reef needs to go in 15 mins before the next forecast, summut goes wrong and you're up on deck when matie is reading out the weather.
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Or the Coastguard forecast doesn't go out on time because they are dealing with an incident and then when it does you are busy with something else.
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Yeah, how dare people have an incident when the weather forecast is due...but I take your point it shouldn't be down to someone reading it out, or having to press play at a certain time....we have loads of channels surely there must be one or two that are free /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Sods law dictated that a reef needs to go in 15 mins before the next forecast, summut goes wrong and you're up on deck when matie is reading out the weather.
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Or the Coastguard forecast doesn't go out on time because they are dealing with an incident and then when it does you are busy with something else.
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Yeah, how dare people have an incident when the weather forecast is due...but I take your point it shouldn't be down to someone reading it out, or having to press play at a certain time....we have loads of channels surely there must be one or two that are free /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Sandyman
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Nothing is for free anymore in this wonderful society.
You could learn how to do your own forecast.
You could learn how to do your own forecast.
Cornishman
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I wouldn't worry about it. If Digital Britain comes to pass and they turn off all analogue broadcasts in 2015 and DAB or some other digital system takes its place there won't be any shipping forecasts for reception more than about 5 - 10 miles offshore.
The DB man was asked about this on the You and Yours programme yesterday on BBC R4 and he didn't even answer the question.
The DB man was asked about this on the You and Yours programme yesterday on BBC R4 and he didn't even answer the question.